O'Rielly Urges Wyoming to Halt Cares Act Broadband Projects
The Wyoming Business Council should "immediately release" coverage maps for broadband network projects funded by Cares Act grants and "halt any funding for projects that will result in subsidized overbuilding," said FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly in a letter to Gov.…
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Mark Gordon (R) Wednesday. Local fiber and cable-based broadband providers raised concerns about the duplication of networks in already-serviced areas. O'Rielly said such duplication would "artificially impair the value of" FCC USF subsidies, because at least one of the grants will allegedly overbuild a recipient of Connect America Fund Phase II auction funding. Gordon's office didn't comment Monday.